Diaspora Loan is a loan or credit granting for the Indonesian diaspora

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk seeks to maximize the business potential of the diaspora community, among others by providing diaspora lending facilities to Axia Distribution located in Vancouver and Nai -Nai Noodles located in Toronto, Canada. .

Treasury and International Director BNI Henry Panjaitan said that the BNI Diaspora Loan service, distributed this time by BNI New York, has also been successful in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, England and the United States.

“The Diaspora Loan is a loan or granting of credit for Indonesian Diaspora and comprehensively designed and careful to meet the needs of the Indonesian diaspora in the development of their business abroad,” he said in a written statement, Wednesday (7/27/2022).

Axia Distribution is an Indonesian Diaspora-owned company and has been established since 2004 in Vancouver. This company imports kitchen rugs from Indonesia for sale in Canada and the United States.

Meanwhile, Nai-Nai Noodles is a restaurant that sells Indonesian chicken noodles, which was founded two years ago by the Indonesian diaspora in Toronto named Sherlin.

Signing the pledge which was done virtually, Sherlyn of Nai-Nai Noodles revealed that she felt very helpful and grateful for BNI New York’s support of her small and medium businesses.

On the same occasion, Axia Distribution declared that the loan from BNI New York had been very useful in developing its commercial activity. Going forward, Henry added, BNI New York will continue to explore and play an active role in facilitating Indonesian Diaspora-owned MSME businesses in the US and Canada.

“With the mandate we received as Indonesia’s world bank, we will of course develop more innovation and business relationships to develop Indonesian businesses, especially in the United States and Canada,” he said. -he declares.

Indonesian Ambassador to Canada Daniel Tumpal Simanjuntak appreciated BNI’s proactive measures in Canada, which has 21,000 members of the Indonesian diaspora.

“The Indonesian Embassy in Ottawa and the Indonesian Consulate General in Toronto and Vancouver truly appreciate BNI New York’s continued commitment to facilitating business development for the Indonesian diaspora in Canada,” he said. he declares.